Professor: William Tolhurst
Department: Philosophy
College: Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL
Rating # 1
Overview:
- Course: PHIL231
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 2.5
- Course Difficulty: 2.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
This guy is funny. If you notice, he says 'right', 'okay' and 'um' lot. The tests are so easy, but the papers aren't. He is almost blind, so even if you're right in front of him he still won't see you. But he's a cool guy.
Rating # 2
Overview:
- Course: PHIL231
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 3.5
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
it's a good thing to go to class because you may have pop quizzes. Also, you have two essay's, two exams and final exam which is optional. Class maybe boring or you don't understand in the beginning, but you can get help from your TA and professor.
Rating # 3
Overview:
- Course: PHIL10
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 1.5
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
he needs to retire already. i think he knows and understands philosophy for himself but he is horrible at trying to get the class to understand it. he makes a lot of mistakes during lecture and needs to go back and correct himself..which makes it confusing sometimes. oh yeah, and watch out for 10 million pop quizzes
Rating # 4
Overview:
- Course: PHIL231
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 5.0
- Course Difficulty: 2.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Amazing teacher very funny. You have to pay attention, this is big. The lectures are long no lie, but as long as you pay attention and participate you will do fine. Very interesting and at time funny class
Rating # 5
Overview:
- Course: PHIL231
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 3.0
- Course Difficulty: 2.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
His lectures are boring but you have to go... if you do you'll do fine. He give a lot of random pop quizzes especially for extra credit. Tests are reasonably easy, but he grades papers pretty harsh.
Rating # 6
Overview:
- Course: PHIL231
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 3.0
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Have to go to all the classes..... alot of in class quizs/reading responses. Kinda hard to understand but if you ask him he will re clearify things. Got a B kind of hard grader on papers but u can rewrite them but very hard to get an A on them and the 2 papers worth half your grade.
Rating # 7
Overview:
- Course: PHIL231
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 1.5
- Course Difficulty: 5.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
This class is the worst. He doesn't know how to answer questions directly and I believe he is starting to go senial. Get another teacher if you have to take this class. It was very hard and not worth the effort.
Rating # 8
Overview:
- Course: PHIL231
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 3.0
- Course Difficulty: 1.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
I had a 55% heading into finals week i end up w/ a 79.5% and he rounds up.. easy course..pop quizes.. and very boring
Rating # 9
Overview:
- Course: PHIL231
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 2.5
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
This was the most boring class I have ever taken. Stay away. Do not take this class, you will be sorry.
Rating # 10
Overview:
- Course: PHIL231
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 2.5
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
He's a nice guy, but doesn't explain things very well, and is kind of hard to follow. Sometimes it's difficult to get an answer to a question because he's not very direct and uses a lot of junk words. He also has an annoying habit of teaching to only one side of the classroom. He's willing to help, but sometimes his examples are more confusing.
Rating # 11
Overview:
- Course: PHIL101
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 3.5
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: N/A
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
VERY COOL GUY-AND BOWTIE IS AWESOME, HAVE TROUBLE UNDERSTANDING THE MATERIL IN CLASS-YA MY SPELLING SUX,-BUT HE IS A VERY UNDERSTANDING AND FORGIVING PERSON(NOT BY MEANS OF APOLOGY, BUT BY RELAXED, AND FORMOST)
Rating # 12
Overview:
- Course: ANYTHING
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 5.0
- Course Difficulty: 1.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: N/A
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
great guy who really wants to help you learn. His style of grading papers is fair and rewards attempts at trying to improve. amazing bow tie.
Rating # 13
Overview:
- Course: PHIL231
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 4.0
- Course Difficulty: 2.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: N/A
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Nice teacher but doesnt explain things very well
Rating # 14
Overview:
- Course: PHIL230
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 3.5
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: N/A
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
had him twice. hes a really nice guy with great intentions. he grades papers a little rough and has some strange policies, but for the most part knows a lot about a lot. id recomend him if philosophy is your thing.
Rating # 15
Overview:
- Course: PHIL231
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 3.5
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: N/A
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
He is an amazing teacher that really knows what he is teaching. Its hard to understand him at times b- cause he has an overwhelming vocabulary but he is a cool guy that juss happens to grade very hard. Oh yeah and he is funny as hell
Rating # 16
Overview:
- Course: PHIL231
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 4.5
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: N/A
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
He's a cool guy and a good teafcher. Your grade really depends on the TA. He grades papers too strictly, it's more about how well you can write and not how well you grasp the concepts.
Rating # 17
Overview:
- Course: PHIL231
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 5.0
- Course Difficulty: 1.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: N/A
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Dr. Tolhurst is an excellent professor. He is nice, interacts with the students, and loves to hear their opinions on the subject. Teaching is a mutual effort between him and his students. Also, his favorite word "folk" rubbed off on me.
Rating # 18
Overview:
- Course: PHIL231
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 5.0
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: N/A
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
He's intimidating at first, don't get scared out of the class though. He's knows what he teaches and is very willing to work with students. Also has a great sense of humor.
Rating # 19
Overview:
- Course: PHIL231
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 4.5
- Course Difficulty: 2.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: N/A
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
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Rating # 20
Overview:
- Course: PHIL231
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 3.0
- Course Difficulty: 2.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: N/A
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
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